A/N: Sorry for the long wait but I had major writers block. Enjoy!
Two days before wedding…
"Eric can you go pick up your tux?" Olivia asked pacing around the apartment.
"I will" Eric answered looking through a magazine and sitting on the couch.
"Now?" Olivia asked as she started to look through the list of who was coming.
"I'll go don't worry, and stop stressing out so much" Eric said putting the magazine down and getting up and walking over to her "Don't stress"
"I have to"
He wrapped his arms around her from the back and gently rubbed her stomach and kissed her cheek "This our wedding not something I want you to worry about"
Olivia just placed her hands over his and rested her head on his shoulder. "I just want it to be perfect"
"Were getting married its perfect already" Eric whispered giving her a kiss on the neck. Olivia just nodded. "You want me to go pick up the tux now so you don't worry about it?"
"I would appreciate that," Olivia said with a small smile.
"Ok, I'll be back" Eric said giving her a kiss on the lips and grabbing his car keys.
Olivia sat on the couch and couldn't help but feel stressed after all it was her wedding. The day she never thought would come. After her mother died she figured she would spend the rest of her life married to her job and her colleagues would be her family. She figured she would be alone until she met Eric.
Nervousness caught up with her quickly realizing she would be married in less then 48 hours. She got up and just paced around the apartment not sure what to do.
After a while she decided to watch a movie to ease her brain that was racking away with worries about the wedding. She fell asleep not even realizing it.
Eric walked in around 9 with his tux over his shoulder. He smiled seeing that she was sleeping and being calm, which was unique these last couple of days.
He went to their bedroom and closed his eyes knowing Olivia's dress was in the closet and she didn't want him to see it before the wedding. He opened the closet with his eyes closed and hung up his tux and closed the closet again and then opened his eyes.
He went back to the living room and turned off the T.V. He picked her up gently and carried her to their bedroom. He lightly placed her on their bed and gently took off her jeans and left her in her t-shirt and her panties. He covered her with the blanket and kissed her forehead and then her stomach.
He got ready to go to bed and got in bed next to her. Olivia just turned and snuggled closer to him, which now she was used to having him in bed with her and was used to having something to hug while sleeping. Eric hugged her and held her as she slept in his chest.
Olivia woke up around 10 since she had the day off to get ready for her wedding. She smiled and looked up at Eric holding her and still sleeping. She just grinned and held on to him.
Eric slowly started waking up. He saw that she already awake "Morning girly"
Olivia looked up and smiled "Morning soon to be husband"
Eric just smiled "You sleep well?"
"Yea" Olivia answered smirking as she gave him a kiss and snuggled closer to him.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Anything"
Eric put his hand on her stomach "You think I'm going to be a good dad? Answer honestly"
Olivia smiled and put her hand over his "You are going to be an amazing father there is no doubt in my mind about that"
"I think you're going to be an amazing mom" Eric whispered resting his forehead on hers and just looked into her eyes. She just smiled and looked into his mesmerizing blue eyes that she could get lost in at any time.
"I love you"
"I love you too," Eric whispered smiling.
After lying in bed and just cuddling with each other they decided to get up and make sure everything was in place for their wedding. Eric went to check the reception hall with Elliot while Olivia went to check on the bridesmaid dresses with Casey.
Elliot and Eric walked around the large reception hall and just looked around at the tables that were being set for the rehearsal dinner that night.
"You nervous?" Elliot asked smirking.
"Yea" Eric answered taking a deep breath.
Elliot smiled and nodded "I was too, you have nothing to worry about so don't be nervous"
"You sound like me talking to Olivia a couple of days ago" Eric teased as they sat at a table.
"You excited for the baby?"
"Yea" Eric answered grinning with a nod. Elliot just smiled already seeing that Eric was a proud father to be.
"You're sleeping at my place tonight?"
"Yea, liv doesn't want us to see each other on our wedding day because of bad luck" Eric answered rolling his eyes. Elliot just chuckled.
Olivia sat on a chair flipping through a magazine and tapping her foot being anxious to see Casey and Melinda in the bridesmaid dresses. She put the magazine down "C'mon you two" she called out still waiting.
"Relax" Casey called back.
"Go call Eric" Melinda called back.
Olivia rolled her eyes and kept tapping her foot on the ground. After a while Melinda and Casey came out in beautiful baby blue dresses.
"Perfect" Olivia said with a huge grin as she got off the chair.
"She is such a bride," Melinda teased smiling. Casey just smirked.
"Are they bright? Maybe they are too bright?" Olivia asked looking at the dresses and examining them.
"We have been over this so many times. They are perfect" Casey said rolling her eyes.
"Are you sure?"
"You want us to call Eric to settle you down?" Melinda asked smirking.
"Shut up" Olivia mumbled.
"You nervous?" Casey asked looking at Olivia.
"Yea" Olivia just nodded "I can't believe I'm getting married"
"In less then 24 hours you will be Mrs. Olivia Benson Gordon" Melinda said smiling.
Olivia smiled as well "I know, so weird"
"How come you kept your last name?" Casey asked raising an eyebrow.
"Someone has to pass it on and Eric said he didn't mind if I kept it Benson even if legally I'll have Gordon at the end" Olivia answered with a small shrug. The two girls just nodded.
By 6 that night Eric was putting on his suit and Olivia was in the bathroom putting on make up for their rehearsal dinner.
"How long do you need?" Eric called by the bathroom as he tied his tie.
"Your marrying me so don't complain." Olivia called back.
Eric rolled his eyes and put on cologne as he sat down and waited for Olivia. "Honey?"
"Yea?" Olivia called from the bathroom.
"Are you nervous?"
"Yea. You?"
"Yea" Eric called back. After a couple of minutes the door opened. Olivia was in a light pink dress and looking beautiful. Eric just grinned and checked her out. "Wow"
"What?"
"You look so amazingly perfect," Eric answered getting off the couch and walking over to her. He took her hand and turned her around checking her out all over again. Olivia smiled and gave him a kiss and looked at his suit that he looked extremely cute in.
"You look sexy also" She whispered fixing his tie and gave him a kiss on the cheek and then wiped off the lipstick she left.
They smiled and headed to the reception hall. By 7 they were there with Elliot sitting next to Eric since he was the best man and Casey next to Olivia since she was the maid of honor. Eric and Olivia were sitting next to each other holding each other's hand as they talked to Elliot and Casey.
Eric got up and went to get a drink at the bar. Elliot followed and smiled seeing Eric order a coke. "Nothing more edgy then a coke?"
Eric smiled and shrugged "I don't drink alcohol"
Elliot smirked and nodded seeing that Eric was Olivia's defiant other half "Just to let you know my threat of killing you if you hurt her still stands"
"Only if I get to kill myself if I hurt her" Eric said smiling.
"Only if I get to provide the gun" Elliot said grinning. Eric laughed and nodded as he took a sip of his drink.
Casey and Olivia were sitting and talking as they sipped on their drink, Casey drinking beer and Olivia drinking water since she was pregnant.
"I'm so happy for you" Casey said smiling.
"Thanks" Olivia said with a huge grin.
"How come a lot of his family isn't here?'
"Oh…um he doesn't really keep in touch with them" Olivia answered with a small shrug only seeing his sister from his side of the family there the rest were only friends from work.
"You excited for the baby?"
Olivia grinned and put her hand on her stomach. "Yea"
Casey smiled and nodded.
Around 9 after the dinner, people started giving speeches. Elliot was up first since he was the best man.
He got up as everyone got quiet "Ok, so I'm the best man so I'll go first. I have known Olivia for a good number of years unfortunately." Everyone chuckled.
"Watch it" Olivia teased smiling holding Eric's hand under the table.
Elliot smiled and kept going "I have known Eric for about almost two years. I have never seen Olivia happier and I have never met a man as good as Eric, so it's a honor to be the best man of two people that belong with each other and that make each other so happy. So to end my speech I will say one thing," He looked at Eric and smirked "Eric you hurt her and the whole SVU precinct will hunt you down"
Everyone laughed and clapped. Eric smiled and got up and shook hands with Elliot.
"Thanks man" Eric whispered. Elliot smiled with a nod and then hugged Olivia.
"Thanks that was a great speech," Olivia whispered hugging him. Elliot nodded and sat down next to Eric.
The party ended around 11. Eric got his tux and some clothes and went with Elliot since he was sleeping at his house.
Olivia lay down in bed and quickly felt her stomach turning around. Why was she so nervous? She loved him with all her heart and she didn't doubt that one bit. She took a deep breath trying to calm down but she was too nervous. She thought of her mother and that she wasn't there for her wedding. She started crying and cried herself to sleep.
Eric was lying on Elliot's couch and staring at the wall being extremely nervous. "El are you sleeping?"
"Not anymore" Elliot called from his room.
"It's ok that I'm nervous right?"
"Yea, its normal don't worry" Elliot called back mumbling.
"What if she doesn't want to marry me?"
"Oh my god, dude she wants to marry you, you know that. Go to sleep and let me sleep" Elliot called back.
"What if she is doubting us, should I call her?" Eric asked but felt a pillow thrown his way and hit him.
"Shut up and sleep" Elliot called mumbling.
"You're the worst best man ever"
"I'll be a violent best man if you don't let me sleep"
"Ok, ok" Eric mumbled as he turned to the side and tried to calm his nervousness. He thought of his parents and how they weren't there to see him get married and it was his fault. A tear rolled down his cheek and he quietly went to sleep.
Casey knocked on Olivia's door at 7 in the morning. No answer. She knocked again. No answer. She took out her cell phone and tried to call figuring she was sleeping. Her cell phone rang but no one answered.
She started getting worried and called Elliot.
Elliot was putting on his tux when his cell rang "Stabler" He answered buttoning on his shirt.
"Its me" He heard a very worried Casey.
"Casey? What's wrong?"
"Don't tell Eric but I think liv is gone"
"What?" Elliot asked trying to keep his voice low.
"I knocked on her door and no one answered, I tried calling her and she isn't answering,"
"Ok, calm down, I'll get Eric's key and I'll send John to meet you there so you can go in the apartment."
"Don't tell Eric he is going to freak out"
"Of course I'm not going to tell him, just stay there"
"Ok, bye"
"Bye" Elliot said closing his phone. He went out of his room and noticed that Eric was in the shower. His tux was in the bathroom but his clothes were on the couch. He dug through the pockets of his jeans and quickly found his key to the apartment.
He called John and gave him the key while Eric was getting ready.
John showed up at the apartment where Casey was sitting on the ground with her dress across her lap.
"You get it?" Casey asked getting up from the ground.
"No I just came to tell you I don't have it instead of using the phone, of course I got it" John answered rolling his eyes as he pulled out the key. Casey rolled her eyes and took the key and gave John to hold her dress. John just rolled his eyes and held the dress.
Casey unlocked the door and went in "Olivia?"
John and her went to their bedroom and saw Olivia's dress laid out across the bed and a note on it. John took the note and read out loud "Tell Eric I'm sorry"
"I cant believe she did this" Casey said running a hand through her hair.
"What did she do?" Melinda asked coming in behind them with her dress also in her hand. She took the note from John's hand and handed him her dress. John rolled his eyes now holding both of the girl's dresses.
"We need to find her, the ceremony is starting at 10" Casey said looking at John and at Melinda.
"Lets just call Morales and he can track her down by her cell" John suggested. Both of the girls shot him a look "I'm holding your dress so leave me alone" John said defensively holding up their dresses. They just rolled their eyes.
Eric was tucking in his shirt and putting on his bow tie. Elliot was trying to change the subject and not talk about the wedding, which seemed impossible.
"Do I look ok?" Eric asked fixing his bow tie.
"Yea, you look fine"
"Should we get going to get to the hall before everyone else?"
"No, we have time" Elliot answered hoping they found Olivia.
"Were both ready, lets get going" Eric said grabbing his blazer.
"No, don't rush c'mon lets watch that football game to calm down" Elliot said sitting down on the couch and turning on his T.V. He knew he was doing a crappy job but he was trying to stall as long as possible.
"What?" Eric asked confused "I'm getting married, I can't really hang out with you today"
"I never asked if you have siblings, do you?" Elliot asked wanting to smack himself in the head how he was stalling.
Eric looked at him totally confused why he was acting so weirdly "I…I have a sister and a brother and half brother, you know that"
"Oh yea, liv told me, did you grow up in New York?"
"What?" Eric asked in a louder voice "Are you kidding me? Dude I'm getting married today, I don't have time for this"
"Time for what? I'm just trying to get to know you" Elliot said with a shrug.
"Get to know me on our way, c'mon I don't want to be late" Eric said rolling his eyes and going out of the house. Elliot groaned and grabbed his blazer and followed. He smiled deciding he was going to drive very slowly until he got word that they found Olivia.
John, Melinda, Casey and Fin were in her apartment trying to figure out where she could be. All were dressed in jeans and shirts and not ready for the wedding at all.
"Ok, where did he propose?" Fin asked.
"Here" Casey answered.
"Maybe she is under the couch," John suggested smirking. Everyone shot him a look.
"What place means something to her?" Melinda asked.
"I don't know" Casey answered and quickly realized he asked her to move in with him at the beach "The beach!" She yelled out "Fin go to the beach that's where he asked for them to move in together" Fin nodded and got up and rushed out of the apartment.
"Maybe she went to the precinct," John suggested.
"Go check" Melinda said. John nodded and went out of the apartment.
"What about her mom's grave?" Casey suggested.
"What about that gym they went on their first date?" Melinda suggested. Both girls nodded and went out of the apartment going separate ways.
It was 9: 45 and no one found her yet. Elliot was starting to feel like an idiot the ways he was trying to stall since now the hall was packed with people.
"Fifteen minutes" Eric whispered to himself as he straightened out his blazer and his bow tie.
"So Eric you always wanted to be CIA?" Elliot asked sitting on the couch in the room where Eric was getting ready.
Eric looked over at him since Elliot was asking a lot of questions that morning and acting extremely weird "Are you on drugs?"
"No, I just think we should get to know each other better since your part of the 1-6 family now" Elliot answered smiling.
"If you're on drugs you can tell me" Eric said raising an eyebrow at his best man.
"Nah, I just feel very happy today," Elliot said hoping that they found Olivia by now.
They heard a knock on the door. Casey came in already dressed in her bridesmaid dress. Elliot's eyes lit up hoping it was good news but quickly knew it wasn't when Casey shook her head.
"How's Olivia doing?" Eric asked looking at Casey.
Casey quickly looked at him "She is doing great" She answered with a forced on smile "Elliot can you come out here, Don needs help tying his bow tie"
Elliot quickly jumped up and went out of the room. Eric raised his eyebrow at the weirdness of Elliot but he just shook his head and looked at his watch. 9:50
Elliot closed the door behind him "You find her?"
"No, everyone is ready and we cant find her, we looked everywhere that might be important to her" Casey whispered.
"Her mom's grave?" Elliot asked.
"Yea" Casey answered nodding.
"That pier where she found out he was CIA?" Elliot whispered.
"Yea, Fin went there after checking the beach, John checked the precinct, Melinda checked where they went on their first date" Casey whispered.
"Damn it Olivia" Elliot said under his breath. "Oh my god, I got it!"
"Where?"
"The place they met, where did they meet?"
"Um…the bookstore" Casey answered.
"Stall as long as you can, I'm going" Elliot whispered as he started running down the hall as fast as he could. Casey nodded and took a deep breath and went in Eric's room.
"Where's Elliot?" Eric asked looking at her as she closed the door.
"Oh, he went to get something to drink." Casey answered sitting down on the couch "So what was the first car you owned?"
Eric looked at her again totally confused why now she was acting weird "What the hell am I marrying into" He mumbled rolling his eyes as he looked at his watch. 9:55
Elliot parked in front of the bookstore and turned off his siren that he put on so he could drive faster. He ran out of the car and looked at his watch. 9:58
He ran in the bookstore and quickly got looks since he was dressed in a nice tux. He took off his bow tie and walked down the aisles searching for Olivia.
"C'mon liv, where are you?" He mumbled undoing two buttons on his shirt.
He kept walking and then spotted her sitting on the ground with her face buried in her hands and sniffling. She was leaning on the shelf where she first saw Eric.
Elliot looked at her and sat down by her.
"I can't do it" Olivia mumbled crying. "I'm scared to hurt him"
Elliot just took her in a hug and held her. "Honey you will hurt him more by running out on your wedding."
"I love him but I'm too scared, I'm going to become like my mom and I can't do that to him."
"You are not your mom" Elliot whispered stroking her hair.
"My job is going to ruin us, it ruined you and Kathy," She mumbled hugging him.
"That was different, you know it. You love Eric and he loves you, I know you and him wont let anything happen to your marriage."
"But what if we get divorced because of the job, I can't let the baby or him be in that kind of pain. I'm going to ruin it cause if my damn job" She choked out crying on Elliot's shoulder.
"No you wont," Elliot whispered trying his best to make her go with him. He looked at his watch. 10:05
The whole hall of people was starting to whisper why it wasn't starting yet.
"Casey where is she?" Eric whispered standing by the alter already.
"She is putting on some make up" Casey lied hoping Elliot was able to convince her to come, if he actually found her.
"Melinda where is she?" Eric whispered starting to get pissed that everyone was lying to him about his fiancé.
"I don't know" Melinda answered shrugging.
Eric rolled his eyes and turned to Fin and John "I'm not allowed to hit them, but I will hit you two if you don't tell me the truth"
Fin and John exchanged looks and then looked at Cragen standing by the aisle. Cragen shook his head still not seeing any sign of Elliot or Olivia.
"Where is Elliot?" Eric asked.
"We don't know" Fin answered shrugging.
The whispers in the hall started getting more rowdy. Eric took Casey by the hand and led her to a hallway. "Casey where is she? Please tell me"
"I'm sorry Eric, but when I went to your apartment she was gone, we found this note" Casey said taking out the note and handed it to him "I'm really sorry"
Eric just stood there and kept looking at the note. Why would she do this?
"Elliot went to find her, we looked everywhere, he went to see if she was at the bookstore you guys met" Casey answered rubbing his shoulder seeing that he was broken up.
Eric just nodded slightly. Casey's phone rang. She quickly pulled it out. "Hello"
"It's me" She heard Elliot's voice.
"You find her?"
"Yea, but she is too freaked out, she's scared to get married, and I tried everything. You need to tell Eric"
"I did" Casey answered as she looked up at Eric. "I'll see you later" She hung up the phone and kept looking at Eric. "I'm sorry"
"Did he find her?"
"Yea," Casey answered, "She is at the bookstore"
"Is she coming?" Eric asked quietly. Casey looked at him and slowly shook her head. Eric said nothing and ran past her.
Everyone looked up seeing Eric sprinting down the aisle as fast as he could. Everyone in the hall exchanged looks. Eric ran past Cragen and got in a car and took off full speed.
He parked his car next to Elliot's and got out and ran in the bookstore. Everyone looked at him since he was dressed in a tux. He knew where they first met and went straight to that aisle.
He came to it and saw Elliot still hugging Olivia and her crying on his chest. Elliot looked up and spotted him. Eric just nodded and went over to them and sat down. Elliot got up and let Eric take her. Eric hugged her as Elliot got off the ground and went out of the aisle to give them privacy.
"I'm so sorry honey," Olivia whispered crying into his chest.
Eric just held her and stroked her hair "I know, its ok" He whispered kissing her on the head.
"I didn't mean to do this"
"It's ok"
"I hurt you already and I can't hurt you anymore"
"You didn't hurt me, you were scared I understand" Eric whispered kissing her cheek as he put her hair behind her ears and wiped her tears away.
"I'm so scared to let anything come between us" Olivia hugged him and felt comforted in his hug and the smell of his cologne.
"Nothing is coming between us" Eric stroked her hair and then touched her stomach "The most important thing in my life are you and this baby, I promise that I wont let anything happen to you or our child," he cupped her face in his hands and made her look up at him. He rested his forehead on hers and looked into her teary brown eyes "I promise you"
Olivia looked at his blue eyes and just nodded. "Ok"
"You want to marry me?"
"Yea" She whispered with a small smile "I love you Eric Gordon"
"I love you too Olivia Benson" Eric whispered with a small smile as he kissed her cheek. Olivia smiled and hugged him.
They walked into the hall around 10:30 but everyone was gone except Fin, John, Cragen, Casey, Melinda, Huang and the priest. All of them were seating in the front and no one was saying anything.
Elliot walked in the front and got their attention and pointed to the back. All of them looked and saw Olivia in jeans and sweater holding Eric's hand.
They all got up at the same time.
"Everyone thought it wasn't going to happen so they just left" Casey explained for the empty hall.
Olivia looked over at Eric "I'm so sorry" She whispered.
Eric smiled and took her face into his hands "Don't be, this is just perfect" He whispered giving her a small kiss. He took off his blazer and bowtie and pulled out his shirt from his pants to match Olivia's inappropriate clothing. He threw all of it on a chair and walked to the front of the alter.
All the guys did the same and the girls put down their hair.
Cragen smiled and walked to the back and got ready to walk Olivia down the aisle.
Their closest friends were the only ones that watched them get married. Everyone smiled as they heard them say each other's vows to them and seeing both of them get teary-eyed watching each other.
"You may now…" The priest started to say but Eric grabbed Olivia's face and kissed her "Keep on kissing the bride" The priest finished with a small smirk.
"Watch that tongue" John added as all the guys whistled on purpose. The girls smiled and on purpose joined in on the whistling.
Eric broke the kiss and took a deep breath "I'm sorry about that you just look very beautiful."
"Don't be, husband" Olivia whispered smiling and grabbed him by the shirt and kissed him again. They broke the kiss and just smiled looking in each other's eyes. Olivia took his hand and got ready to walk down the aisle with her husband.
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